A productive final over of the morning at Old Trafford adds 10 to the Lancashire total, including a Matty Hurst boundary.

But title-chasing Somerset will be satisfied at picking up four wickets in a session which did not see a single delivery from their spinners, who did all the damage against Surrey last week.

Keaton Jennings made 56 for Lancashire, but they need a substantial stand if they are going to post a decent first-innings total.

Luke Wells is 14 not out and Hurst has eight at the interval.

The hosts have much to ponder as they sit down to refuel and they may well be wondering how a four-day game can slip in one session.

Essex's attack has been simply outstanding, Jamie Porter and Sam Cook setting the tone giving nothing away with the new ball and picking up four between them.

But Shane Snater, with 3-9, has arguably been the pick.

Tom Taylor nabbed out both Hampshire openers.

But since then James Vince and Nick Gubbins have shown off their magisterial experience.

Vince in on 32 and Gubbins on 45.

Kent are on their way to Division Two and sessions like this are a good way of explaining why that is happening.

They managed to get Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed playing and missing fairly often but never built any pressure with a significant number of boundary balls - summed up by two Slater boundaries in the final over before lunch.

Slater, who was dropped on 41, and Hameed have played some lovely shots but it hasn't been overly tough for them.

An interval might be just the tonic for Kent to regroup.

Sol Budinger is only playing his second Championship game of the season but he's doing a valuable job for Leicestershire here.

A single from the latest Rob Keogh over takes him to 40 not out and Lewis Hill is on 28 at the other end - they have added 40 together since the departure of Ian Holland.

Craig Overton returns for a short burst before the lunch interval.

Matt Hurst takes one from his first delivery and Luke Wells tucks him down to fine leg later in the over to get off the mark.

Accurate stuff, as you would expect, from the England paceman.

This is more than just a good recovery from Nick Gubbins and James Vince.

It has looked difficult to time the ball earlier on but now things are flowing nicely for the hosts.

Gubbins reverse sweeps a boundary before a tuck to short fine leg takes the score through three figures.

More no ball woes for Akeem Jordan.

He's delivered five of them in his seven overs today. The slope is causing him trouble.

The West Indian has gone for 47 runs in two spells this morning.

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Lancs 84-3 v Somerset

You can't bowl there to Keaton Jennings.

The left-hander square cuts Brett Randell for four and goes to 50 from 65 balls faced.

He adds two more from the next delivery and that is 1,000 Championship runs for the season for him.

Great shot by Keaton Jennings, who stands tall and thumps Kasey Aldridge away square of the wicket for his eight boundary of the morning and adds a single to reach 49 not out.

Hampshire picked Felix Organ and Liam Dawson in this match so that gives a hint that it might be spin to win across the four days.

Amar Virdi is the first twirler to get a go though. He enters for the 21st over.

A solid, if uneventful, over until the final ball drag down that James Vince isn't going to miss out on.